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LEPIDOPTERIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lepidopterist mean?
• LEPIDOPTERIST (noun)
The noun LEPIDOPTERIST has 1 sense:
1. an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
Familiarity information: LEPIDOPTERIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
butterfly collector; lepidopterist; lepidopterologist
Hypernyms ("lepidopterist" is a kind of...):
bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist (a zoologist who studies insects)
Derivation:
lepidoptery (the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera)
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